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Jeanne loves finding a true story (especially about an inspiring creative person) that is engaging and fascinating, and then using her creativity to tell the story. She hopes children will have a love of words and understand the power and beauty of words.

Ever since she was a child, Jeanne dreamed of being a childrens book author. Along the way she has had many jobs, ranging from being a roller coaster ride operator to an attorney for high-tech companies to a writer of magazine articles to a teacher of Language Arts and writing workshops at a public middle school. She studied literature and psychology at Stanford University, and volunteered for many years at the local public school library, the Marin County Literacy Program, as a docent for ...more

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Honored to Return as a Presenter at the Sonoma Valley Authors Festival - May 1-3 2026

I’m honored to be invited to be a speaker for the third year at the amazing Sonoma Valley Authors Festival! I am a speaker for the Festival sponsored Students Day for Young Readers Program. Last year I spoke to more than 600 students at five local elementary schools and the festival gave away more than 1000 copies of my books!! WOO HOO! This year I'll be sharing THE GLASS PYRAMID: A Story of the L Read more of this blog post »

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	Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines by Jeanne Walker Harvey (Goodreads Author), Dow Phumiruk (Illustrator) 4.34 avg rating — 926 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas by Jeanne Walker Harvey (Goodreads Author), Loveis Wise (Illustrator) 4.30 avg rating — 471 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dressing Up the Stars: The Story of Movie Costume Designer Edith Head by Jeanne Walker Harvey (Goodreads Author), Diana Toledano (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey by Jeanne Walker Harvey (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Zunon (Illustrator) 4.03 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boats on the Bay: A Picture Book by Jeanne Walker Harvey (Goodreads Author), Grady McFerrin (Illustrations) 3.98 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Glass Pyramid: A Story of the Louvre Museum and Architect I.M. Pei by Jeanne Walker Harvey (Goodreads Author), Khoa Le (Illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Else B. in the Sea: The Woman Who Painted the Wonders of the Deep by Jeanne Walker Harvey (Goodreads Author), Melodie Stacey (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Astro: The Steller Sea Lion by Jeanne Walker Harvey (Goodreads Author), Shennen Bersani (Illustrator) 3.70 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2010 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Honey Girl: The Hawaiian Monk Seal by Jeanne Walker Harvey (Goodreads Author), Shennen Bersani (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 51 ratings — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Else B. in the Sea - The Woman Who Painted the Wonders of the Deep it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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What a terrific STEM book guaranteed to fascinate all readers! The writing is clear and engaging, the cartoons are entertaining, and the colorful formatting of the sections enable the reader to easily understand connections. I was fascinated to reali ...more
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An inspiring story of not only an important discovery, but a personal story of a scientist's persistence and perseverance that will engage readers. Rao tells the compelling story of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, popularly known as Chandra, who was an I ...more
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Jeanne Harvey liked Elizabeth's review of The Glass Pyramid: A Story of the Louvre Museum and Architect I.M. Pei: "A wonderfully told story of a magnificent and brave creative act - told with tension and an in-the-moment tone. Inspiring for young and less-young alike!"
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Jeanne Harvey liked Shalee Kate's review of The Glass Pyramid: A Story of the Louvre Museum and Architect I.M. Pei: "As someone who has always loved the glass pyramids of the Louvre, when I saw this book I knew I needed to give it a read! This was an informative, pleasant read. I think this would be an excellent introduction of the Louvre for kiddos!"
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